IVidili Archive

This post takes a closer look at card fraud losses in South Africa during the last few years. According to a SABRIC report, the banking industry card fraud losses increased by 22% in nine months in the year 2012 -2013. …

According to the European Central Bank’s “Third Report on Card Fraud”, the total value of card fraud in Europe in 2012 reached €1.33 billion, an increase of 14.8% from 2011. Card fraud has increased due to the growth of online …

In South Africa the Protection of Personal information Act (POPI) aims to regulate how companies secure the integrity and confidentiality of their data assets by taking technical and organisational measures to prevent the loss of, and damage and unauthorised access …

Last Thursday the European Parliament voted to pass the NIS directive, which aims to ensure a high common level of Network and Information Security (NIS) across the EU. According to the initial NIS proposal, critical infrastructure, public administrators and key …

Following the hacking of the new Italian PM Matteo Renzi’s website this week, I would like to take a look at cyber crime in my home country – Italy. On 13th December 2013 Matteo Renzi’s website was hacked and taken …

Although the internet brings numerous benefits and opportunities to businesses, Europe has never been so vulnerable to the consequences of cyber attack. The internet is open to everyone and controlled by no one and the fear is that our digitised …

Every minute of every day European organisations are attacked by cyber criminals, and the consequences can be catastrophic. If your organisation suffers a data breach and loses important information then your business could even be forced to close down. In …

A recent survey by ISACA has revealed that only 4% of IT professionals say their enterprises are ‘very prepared’ for ensuring effective governance and privacy of Big Data. Information is one of the most important assets a company has, so …

Since 2012 there has been a number of data breaches across Europe which have affected millions of people. In May 2013 several Dutch government websites suffered DDOS attacks causing 10 million citizens not being able to pay their taxes and …